by vjbooks | Jul 29, 2010 | Books to Movies, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Anna Pigeon, a Ranger with the National Park Service, is newly married but on administrative leave from her job as she recovers from the traumas of the past couple of months. While the physical wounds have healed, the emotional ones are still healing. With her new...
by vjbooks | Jun 20, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Andrew Martin is a man on a mission, a mission to change the industry’s perception of the mystery imprint he’s been heading for the last three years. Martin, as publisher of Minotaur Books, which releases some 140 titles annually, is pushing a message to...
by vjbooks | Apr 24, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Nevada Barr presents an amusingly concise c.v. on her web site: Promising Child, Misspent Youth, Real Job (executive assistant at Morgan Stanley), Actor (“Lord did I love the costumes”), Ranger (“After that summer I was hooked”), Writer...
by vjbooks | Mar 5, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Feb. 23) Bestseller Barr skillfully blends sticky border issues, marital strife and politics in her exciting 15th novel to feature National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon. Anna, on leave because she’s still suffering from...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...
